The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-10-14
THE WEEKLY NouND-up.
Wood taken on s,.bsevilttion.


Wood taken on subscription.
Frel Wi.or is building barn in
The pear OF his resident lots or River
avenue.
Apples foy cooking or eating s cents
per pound or 3! pounds Tor p cents at
| Fargos.
After few dayS Of cool. c'o,''y
w"lt!.ar III. sun i, again shining. the
temperature lis genial ~ jane.
Dr. Stewart. Capt. I.:l'icivlc and
Fenly Marty gathered i'll a weeks
raiioms and left Wednesday Oh a few
days hunting expedition.
Wearc under obligations to Col. Fred
EvaMs and Ml. thas. Elnen of sioux
City for ho>ritaIi'ies cNten1ed while in
Sioux City during the cora jubilee.
Mr.. Wilson's new residence is rapid
! ly nearing completion ard will lie ready
For occupancv in tie col,r,e oil a montli.
l!c has rerc:.i.y added q ccmnlo,lious
barn TO Ills liz; of Improvements.
Fave wr con.,tv central COM
mi'.oe wEose business i! is 10 call a
ccnn'v cs1nvsi.,;on for tie purpose of
pl,t;ins II nomination candidates for
ti.e respective county al district
Offices 10 lie voted for at The ensuing
| SoycnlbeS election?
Attention is cal,es!to ..1 phernet.on' S
new . l. in M: iS.nc oi the SrAR. lie
has M elegant s;ors Of n;tivc j.weiry.
w.i'clies asi,l charms. and is rapidly
attaining an cus,isi,le reputation rs an
expert III repairing and cleaning
watches. sewing machines and organs.
The discovery of coal 80 near the
mines is larps' soInti' II of the dill
c'i!'S IN regard to coke in he operation
of s.nclter>. Ii it is provc;! that the
coal is all right and in sufficient qu#n-
Titles. !ile Feasibility of treating low
grade ores will he realized. This has
been one ssrea! draw-h il To successful
prospecting in the Hills.
The Custer County Taiy Association
is more tlii.n pleased with its first
annuai fair recently held in Hcrmosa.
The display WAS varied and attractive
and ia; spD.is urrslnllv interesting.
Ii.a.tnn la.i,.e was iauch larger than
was expected, n,iny irom 5uE'alo Gap.
hot Springs and other nclshboring
towns being in attendance.
/! We cai,..o, pat too high M estimate
on the value os the educational In
st;.wtioa ioeated last week III Hot
springs. 'i'.scrc is no c,nca. nal
Institution w9asgvgr II Western '#'ojs
that provide l,r ID, sAll.a:, s.i,a. il
classical a. ,,.i.io:vo.i.s! cos.rse. i; is
inteaC.e,i !,.,i ~ s;!!,e. SHALL provide
classical. sse:l:i. and philosophical
vosi',t.s that s.l..l. il s,Hsiy res;,rrt. ne
q thorough AMI "a !.i,,s.;'. as are to be
fonaa in tie he~t eastern colleges.
The location OF i:c ,.is,hol;,t Episcopal
college ait iio: Springs. is a matter OF
con ,!Iei'aba significance. to the people,
of the Black Hill, who are Interested
| in higher education We are informed
'i,at :hc machinery will al once he put
into operation 10 put the iii ,ituicn
on lis feet Eleven illo,,sana do!lalS
have already been siibse,ibel by til,
citizens o.! iiot Springs tohe used u,
the construction o! Il sel.onl building
The work viii he l.egun at. o;ice. on .
>"Iies oi buildings that sl,;. ;.i.yeu!ua!l,
Cos. from cne hun,lre! 10 cHe !:.il,,!.e,
ard fifty thousand dollars. !leadaoo5
7imes.
We are in receipt OF the annual
catalogue and circular o! illr territorial
normal school a, sprarti.n. containing
a lis! of students in attendance foY tn,
school year ending .lUnc :.sth. 1857
Together with he course of study TO b.
pursued and m!:cl other interesting
matter concerning the school. The
school opens this year. November IA
the time of opening being delayed
until that date for the new building
The briioli,,g is HOW large enough tc
accommodate a!l who wish TO attend
Tie number OF teachers has been in.
creased. The co,srs. OF stn,ls enlarged
an,l the stocl; of apparatus, furniture
and books doubled. anyso'ly wishing
to obtain Il thorough and practical
norma! training cannot do better than
attend the normal school at Spearisl,
Late reports from the newly dis.
covered coal fields in the southwestern
part of the county indicate a marked
Improvement in the quality of ceal
aud Il tiattcring increase in The thick.
ness of the vein. John Collars return.
ed from the scene of the discovery on
Monday evening and reported that th,
vein was 81 inches thick at the end OF
the tunnel. 4 distance of 10 feet from
the entrance, and rapidly increasing
They have alread, sold Sl25 worth OF
coal and have large amount OF
The finest quality IN the dump. All
doubts as to the eXistance of immense
beds of fine. bituminous coal in this
county are now removed and the
question of transportation is the most
serious obstacle 10 the rapid develop.
mcnt and profitable working of the
mines.
Sharon Evans and N. l.. Kanable
were up on yesterday from Hot Spring,
bringing with them large sack of
specimens from the Red Canyon coal
field. The samples are very fine. and
all the tests applied so far, prove that
the coal is of an excellent quality. 1t
burns freely. witha strong. steady blaze
gives off good heat. and leaves little
ash or clinker. II will he further test
ed as toits qualification for gas making
and coaking. A meeting of the Rapid
City parties interested in the find was
informally talked over. Ar agreement
was submitted and signed. pledrinu